Game play is ok, but nothing really catches interest. The graphics are interesting, but the interface is confusing. Not being able to open the post office door until accepting a quest is quite odd. Travel takes forever. Major events that the player can do nothing about run the game.
It doesn't help power consumption, but better cooling = less fans = less noise.
Actually, it helps *very* much with power consumption. Usually, resistance goes up as the tempeature does. For example, this is what an incandescent bulb relies on. What this means, is that as the chip gets hotter, it will resist more, causing a need for higher output to get the same usuable energy. By cooling the chip, its resistance stays low, allowing a higher efficiency in power usuage. IOW, less heat, less energy required.
Secondly, as another commentor pointed out, there's the fans that are use to cool it down, which indirectly allows for a lower power-consumption.
How many times are we going to rediscover the T/F difference. Most men are T, most women are F.
I'm beginning tpo believe that the Atlantians did exist, and ha technology far superior to ou own. But, they got old, and everyone ignored them, and now we just make up stories.
And, in this *completely new* series, SG-1 finds that they can dial yet another number and travel the multi-verse. To power it, they need to turn the Earth into a giant powersource, but Macgyver figures out how to do it with duct tape and chewing gum.
On arrival they find an empty room where the 42 original member of the Multiversal Council met to populate the universe, but they won't talk to them because they don't know enough yet. They get ticked off and start blowing things up, and are sent back to their home universe which is now set to be destroyed.
The series focuses on how the erstwhile enemies must get together and fight the coomon enemy, all before Macgyver dies of old age.
In many governments there are two types of laws. One set changes frequently, and the other, less frequently. The difference is based on impact and consensus.
Morals too follow this trend. Some change daily, such as how to dress and what words to use, and the respect shown to others, some, however, change much more slowly, such as where is the line that starts stealing or murder.
Actually, in this case, "morals" just means "acceptable social behavior". Whereas laws usually refer to objective situations, morals refer to the highly subjective, and thus not able to be effectively governed by normal laws.
Many people, however, use the word "morals" to refer to a different sort of rule. They use it to refer to absolutes "right"s and "wrong"s, defined by an entity they define as completely objective. These people are being highly subjective in their choice of definer, but past that they do not involve themselves in the definition process.
When talking about such things, i wish there were a clear definition in between these two types. Though we may all only choose one of these groups, they definitely represent to very different things.
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That sort of thing is possible at a smaller company, but as I mentioned in another post I work for a very, very large company. We made the decision with the involvement of the heads of the major departments and pilot teams that they specified, but we did not make the decision together with everyone because there is no possible way to do something like that. It's just a fact of life.
Actually, it is very possible at larger companies. Ask managers to ask all the way down, and come with comments all the way up. A larger consensus is possible.
I also work at a large company. There's over ten thousand people in the building where i work, not counting other buildings around the world. Decisions made high up, like using Dimensions for file tracking, or UDB for LUW, are completely moronic. Noone with even half a sense of their use would choose those. Decisions made on low levels, (usually by ignoring the rules) end up getting projects done.
If they'd only ask, it is posible for basically everyone to be happy via compromise.
That aside, you should consider the fact that in cases such as this one the developer is not the only one who recognizes benefits from the use of the tool
But he is the main user, and therefore should be the major concern.
the system also functions to benefit project management
Which should come second, and the work should be done by the manager or supervisor...
Noone ever resuses code. Mostly because people aren't encouraged to work together, and instead are sent to systems that are hard to use.
records data for the financial folk
Sort of. It does that in theory, i highly doubt that works in practice.
allows upper management to track the progress via reporting
It probably lets them see progress, but certainly not track it. Unless you believe i that "lines of code" thing.
and lets people in different phases of development work together without needing to know how to use multiple tools
Like FTP? That new-fangled, really expesive tool that noone ever uses?
(saving us huge $$ in licensing and training fees).
Because you get to consolidate it in one tool? If the individuals are using separate systems, they are usually free and easy to use.
These sorts of benefits are measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars woth of savings to a company like mine
I don't believe you.
and they're things that can be sabotaged if developers (or other users) decide that they don't need to play ball.
No, they are things that cannot be implemented.
My guess is that you arer a manager that has finally seen the light, and that coders actually are monkeys, and that decisions are in place as soon as you think it.
I have a radically different view of people. But, that's probably why you're a manager and im just a programmer.
I know this can seem strange if you're used to smaller companies (like I was until I came to work here), but take it from me that a lot of the stuff you take for granted at a company with a few hundred people is the sort of thing that is very hard to achieve at larger companies.
Only because of stupid managers.
I just saw one person save the company millions of dollars. Literally. He took an outsourced project that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop (very much recurring costs), and supported in with about two people. Basically, because managers liked being dragged around by salesman, noone actually took a second look at it, and it grew out of hand.
It is moronic decisions that managers make without input from the developers that cost companies millions of dollars. If a manager makes a decision and then complains that the developers aren't following his lead and costing millions, just makes me wonder.
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but it seems like all of the sudden my company is crawling with people who absolutely positively can only use their one preferred product and how dare you suggest they use something else?
It's all about respect. If decisions are made without these people, they are expected to act like sheep and go whichever way management tells them. This can very disconcerting. It's like when management make decisions about what to put into a product, but never bothers asking technical support what they think. Tech support knows what's in the field, and what would really help. If management cared to help, that'd be where they'd address they're first round of questions.
The question here is why they need to use the tool. If it is because management wants to hold onto code, i don't think the coders are averse to storing it. But using it as they revisioning system and using it daily, is not something they'd like to do. So, work something out. Have them check it in once a week, and use they're own favorite tool in the interim. Also, the manager should do the chcking in. Don't pass the buck onto the coder for something he sees no dbenefit from. If the users are being expected to use the revisioning system for their won good, why were they not asked their opinion first?
All in all, most people are team players. But they need to be treated that way too.
Without religion, half if not more IMO, of the 'secret agendas' that people have will simply disappear.
"Half if not more in my opinion", it is because you think religious people have secret agendas. So, i have a better idea. You should become religious yourself and then all of the secret agendas will simply disappear!
The researchers have collected extensive data confirming a layer of hydrogen across much of the planet within 3 feet (1 meter) of the dusty surface of both hemispheres -- well within reach of robots or humans who might venture to Mars. The scientists believe the hydrogen is strong evidence for water ice, a finding they first announced in March.
So, they found hydrogyn and assume it means water.
It talks of a later confirmation of the theory. However, the aritcle actually states
Now Mars Express has made the first direct detection of a chemical signature of the water ice at the south pole. Officials said today they had essentially seen the vapors of water at the surface.
"You look at the picture, look at the fingerprint and say this is water ice," said Allen Moorehouse of European Space Agency. "This is the first time it's been detected on the ground. This is the first direct confirmation."
So, they found again what looks like ice, but not actual ice.
If the guys want to believe there is water there, let them as even Scientists seem to need some form of religion. Yet, they ought to stop making bogus claims. It just makes me wonder if even Scientists can retain their objectivity when things are not going their way. Trying so hard to find water to prove life is an accident (which actually proves nothing) so now they are making up data. Then again, this has about as much credence as Evolutionism. When the facts disprove the theory, change the theory, and just assume there is other evidence out there.
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OK, i see what you mean.
:)
Thanx.
You can do that without killing explorer first.....
Since when does throwing up 12 boxes and running a quick nessus scan over them count as a security survey?
...since everybody else became too lazy to do it themselves.
What about Turbine's Middle Earth Online?
Takes places during the trilogy.
Game play is ok, but nothing really catches interest. The graphics are interesting, but the interface is confusing. Not being able to open the post office door until accepting a quest is quite odd. Travel takes forever. Major events that the player can do nothing about run the game.
I'm wondering how it'll sell after the beta ends.
This interesting article wonders whether KDE 4.0 will become the complete desktop
Does it also dream of electric sheep?
This is all fine bacterium.
But can they run Linux?
"I'm about to die" notification.
Ah, the old IATD. Known to the rest of the world as Innovation Alliteration for Termination Declaration. Had they only known.
HP Dishonors Warranty If You Load Linux
How exactly do you dishonor a warranty? Use it as a tissue?
The UpStage trumped the iPhone, which killed the iPod, which replaced the Flight Data Recorder, which ...
Their resistance tends to decrease with increasing temperature.
That would be a property of the element used, not of the object formed.
There are some metals that have a positive temperature coefficient.
It doesn't help power consumption, but better cooling = less fans = less noise.
Actually, it helps *very* much with power consumption. Usually, resistance goes up as the tempeature does. For example, this is what an incandescent bulb relies on. What this means, is that as the chip gets hotter, it will resist more, causing a need for higher output to get the same usuable energy. By cooling the chip, its resistance stays low, allowing a higher efficiency in power usuage. IOW, less heat, less energy required.
Secondly, as another commentor pointed out, there's the fans that are use to cool it down, which indirectly allows for a lower power-consumption.
I sure am not a big security expert, so forgive my n00bish words here.
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(It's a silent H...)
In the emergent field of tooth-tissue engineering, several groups have developed their own approaches.
IOW, there are many tries, but this one's got teeth to it?
*sigh*
How many times are we going to rediscover the T/F difference. Most men are T, most women are F.
I'm beginning tpo believe that the Atlantians did exist, and ha technology far superior to ou own. But, they got old, and everyone ignored them, and now we just make up stories.
And, in this *completely new* series, SG-1 finds that they can dial yet another number and travel the multi-verse. To power it, they need to turn the Earth into a giant powersource, but Macgyver figures out how to do it with duct tape and chewing gum.
On arrival they find an empty room where the 42 original member of the Multiversal Council met to populate the universe, but they won't talk to them because they don't know enough yet. They get ticked off and start blowing things up, and are sent back to their home universe which is now set to be destroyed.
The series focuses on how the erstwhile enemies must get together and fight the coomon enemy, all before Macgyver dies of old age.
Summary:
1) There are no details other than the name.
2) They spelled "series" incorrectly.
3) Everybody hates the name.
supernovas
Shouldn't that be supernovae?
This is simply the P/J scale on the MBTI. This has been around for over half a century.
Amazing on people are reinventing the wheel over and over again.
In many governments there are two types of laws. One set changes frequently, and the other, less frequently. The difference is based on impact and consensus.
Morals too follow this trend. Some change daily, such as how to dress and what words to use, and the respect shown to others, some, however, change much more slowly, such as where is the line that starts stealing or murder.
Actually, in this case, "morals" just means "acceptable social behavior". Whereas laws usually refer to objective situations, morals refer to the highly subjective, and thus not able to be effectively governed by normal laws.
Many people, however, use the word "morals" to refer to a different sort of rule. They use it to refer to absolutes "right"s and "wrong"s, defined by an entity they define as completely objective. These people are being highly subjective in their choice of definer, but past that they do not involve themselves in the definition process.
When talking about such things, i wish there were a clear definition in between these two types. Though we may all only choose one of these groups, they definitely represent to very different things.
That sort of thing is possible at a smaller company, but as I mentioned in another post I work for a very, very large company. We made the decision with the involvement of the heads of the major departments and pilot teams that they specified, but we did not make the decision together with everyone because there is no possible way to do something like that. It's just a fact of life.
a hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Actually, it is very possible at larger companies. Ask managers to ask all the way down, and come with comments all the way up. A larger consensus is possible.
I also work at a large company. There's over ten thousand people in the building where i work, not counting other buildings around the world. Decisions made high up, like using Dimensions for file tracking, or UDB for LUW, are completely moronic. Noone with even half a sense of their use would choose those. Decisions made on low levels, (usually by ignoring the rules) end up getting projects done.
If they'd only ask, it is posible for basically everyone to be happy via compromise.
That aside, you should consider the fact that in cases such as this one the developer is not the only one who recognizes benefits from the use of the tool
But he is the main user, and therefore should be the major concern.
the system also functions to benefit project management
Which should come second, and the work should be done by the manager or supervisor...
promotes company-wide code reuse
Excuse me one second.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
OK, i think i'm done for now.
Noone ever resuses code. Mostly because people aren't encouraged to work together, and instead are sent to systems that are hard to use.
records data for the financial folk
Sort of. It does that in theory, i highly doubt that works in practice.
allows upper management to track the progress via reporting
It probably lets them see progress, but certainly not track it. Unless you believe i that "lines of code" thing.
and lets people in different phases of development work together without needing to know how to use multiple tools
Like FTP? That new-fangled, really expesive tool that noone ever uses?
(saving us huge $$ in licensing and training fees).
Because you get to consolidate it in one tool? If the individuals are using separate systems, they are usually free and easy to use.
These sorts of benefits are measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars woth of savings to a company like mine
I don't believe you.
and they're things that can be sabotaged if developers (or other users) decide that they don't need to play ball.
No, they are things that cannot be implemented.
My guess is that you arer a manager that has finally seen the light, and that coders actually are monkeys, and that decisions are in place as soon as you think it.
I have a radically different view of people. But, that's probably why you're a manager and im just a programmer.
I know this can seem strange if you're used to smaller companies (like I was until I came to work here), but take it from me that a lot of the stuff you take for granted at a company with a few hundred people is the sort of thing that is very hard to achieve at larger companies.
Only because of stupid managers.
I just saw one person save the company millions of dollars. Literally. He took an outsourced project that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop (very much recurring costs), and supported in with about two people. Basically, because managers liked being dragged around by salesman, noone actually took a second look at it, and it grew out of hand.
It is moronic decisions that managers make without input from the developers that cost companies millions of dollars. If a manager makes a decision and then complains that the developers aren't following his lead and costing millions, just makes me wonder.
but it seems like all of the sudden my company is crawling with people who absolutely positively can only use their one preferred product and how dare you suggest they use something else?
It's all about respect. If decisions are made without these people, they are expected to act like sheep and go whichever way management tells them. This can very disconcerting. It's like when management make decisions about what to put into a product, but never bothers asking technical support what they think. Tech support knows what's in the field, and what would really help. If management cared to help, that'd be where they'd address they're first round of questions.
The question here is why they need to use the tool. If it is because management wants to hold onto code, i don't think the coders are averse to storing it. But using it as they revisioning system and using it daily, is not something they'd like to do. So, work something out. Have them check it in once a week, and use they're own favorite tool in the interim. Also, the manager should do the chcking in. Don't pass the buck onto the coder for something he sees no dbenefit from. If the users are being expected to use the revisioning system for their won good, why were they not asked their opinion first?
All in all, most people are team players. But they need to be treated that way too.
News.com has a piece up looking at a set of gas-powered boots
Goblin or Gnomish? And i sure hope it doesn't share a cooldown with anything important!
A New.com article
/me cries.
Without religion, half if not more IMO, of the 'secret agendas' that people have will simply disappear.
"Half if not more in my opinion", it is because you think religious people have secret agendas. So, i have a better idea. You should become religious yourself and then all of the secret agendas will simply disappear!
The article on Mar's Ice actually says So, they found hydrogyn and assume it means water.
It talks of a later confirmation of the theory. However, the aritcle actually states So, they found again what looks like ice, but not actual ice.
If the guys want to believe there is water there, let them as even Scientists seem to need some form of religion. Yet, they ought to stop making bogus claims. It just makes me wonder if even Scientists can retain their objectivity when things are not going their way. Trying so hard to find water to prove life is an accident (which actually proves nothing) so now they are making up data. Then again, this has about as much credence as Evolutionism. When the facts disprove the theory, change the theory, and just assume there is other evidence out there.
Where are the true objectivists?